Category: Risk Analysis

Christopher Arps: Combatting China's Influence - the Urgent Need for State Vape Directory Bills

Christopher Arps: Combatting China’s Influence – the Urgent Need for State Vape Directory Bills

Project 21 Commentary /
In a RedState commentary, Project 21 Ambassador Christopher Arps pulls back the curtain on how China is marketing electronic cigarettes to American youth, exploiting our children for its own profit and power: [I]llegal Chinese vapes are taking over the U.S ...
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Course Correcting After COVID-19: Fear Must Never Again Be Used to Deprive Americans of Their Liberty

Course Correcting After COVID-19: Fear Must Never Again Be Used to Deprive Americans of Their Liberty

Press Release /
Freedom Group Releases Blueprint for Restoring Liberty and Restarting the Economy Safely Washington, D.C. – "Certain, measurable harm was imposed on our civil liberties, on our economy and on our health so we could reduce the less certain public health ...
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Philly Soda Tax Loses Fizz as Grocer Closes Shop in Food Desert

Philly Soda Tax Loses Fizz as Grocer Closes Shop in Food Desert

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Philadelphia’s special tax on sugary beverages is blamed for the closure of a grocery store serving one of the city’s “food deserts.” This tax, the first in a major city, was criticized in a National Center commentary that recently appeared in ...
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Arnold Foundation Sweet on Making Your Drinks More Expensive

Arnold Foundation Sweet on Making Your Drinks More Expensive

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Enron billionaire John Arnold has said he’s libertarian, but National Center Vice President David W. Almasi claims Arnold’s funding of soda tax activism is “a de facto luxury tax” that amounts to “social engineering.” In a commentary distributed by InsideSources, David points out ...
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Controversial United Nations Cancer Report Selectively Edited to Promote Weed-Killer Scare

Controversial United Nations Cancer Report Selectively Edited to Promote Weed-Killer Scare

Press Release /
Anti-GMO Activist May Have Run Amok in World Health Organization Cancer Agency Agency Rebuffs Congressional Investigation, Leading to Increased Calls to Cut U.S. Funding of Scandal-Ridden WHO Global Public Health Too Important to Cede to Political Activists 
Washington, DC – ...
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STRONGER Protections May Be Answer to Drug Patent Trolls

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When Congress addressed patent reform earlier this decade, their attempt to stop “patent trolls” culminated in a law that the National Center’s Jeff Stier says ended up being “a solution in search of a problem.”  As a result, there are ...
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NYC Moves to Snuff Out E-Cigs: “What Are They Smoking?”

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The U.S. and U.K. governments see lower-risk nicotine products as a tool to bring smoking-related diseases down to levels not seen in generations.  But in New York City, legislators want to recklessly regulate responsible vape retailers out of existence.  What ...
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Does the Government Think You Can Handle the Truth?

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Can you trust the government to tell you the truth about smoking?  Jeff Stier, the Director of the Risk Analysis Division at the National Center for Public Policy Research, says a new Department of Defense anti-smoking program - UCanQuit2.org - ...
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Why Would Taiwan Ban E-Cigarettes?

Why Would Taiwan Ban E-Cigarettes?

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The body of scientific evidence keeps getting more robust. E-cigarettes are dramatically less harmful than cigarettes, they are helping smokers quit, and are not a gateway to smoking. Yet ideological opposition persists, and is influencing governments around the world. Last ...
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Shining a Light on Midnight Regulations

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Much has been made about the unprecedented number of Obama Administration “midnight regulations,” those rules issued between Election Day and the Trump inauguration. The Obama administration issued an estimated $157 billion worth of midnight regulations, according to the American Action ...
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